13 Years After Screaming Her Name, Steve Carell Met Kelly Clarkson

As the 75th Golden Globe Awards ceremony transitioned to a commercial break Sunday night, the camera cut to an animated conversation between “Battle of the Sexes” actor Steve Carell and “Love So Soft” singer Kelly Clarkson. It was a moment 13 years in the making.

The two had never met before, even after Carell memorably screamed Clarkson’s name amid a string of expletives on-screen.

In 2005, Carell had a star-making turn in “The 40-Year-Old Virgin.” During a scene in which his character receives a painful chest wax, he shouts the “American Idol” winner’s name.

The scene may have been comedic gold, but it didn’t bring Carell and Clarkson together ― until now.

Carell tweeted a photo of the pair at the Golden Globes, summing up the meeting in a single word: “Finally.”

If you blinked you missed it ...but the shot of Steve Carell sharing a commercial-break laugh with Kelly Clarkson was the best moment of the #GoldenGlobes and if you don’t understand why, you should take a film education course.